Integration 13 | Accompaniment

Oftentimes when people talk about changing the world, they focus on quantifying impact and “solving” problems like poverty. While there is a time and place for that level of strategy, it is not the focus of this exercise. Nor is the goal to “serve” someone in need, per se, since this can create a divide between the “service provider” and the “service recipient”. The goal is to be one with the other, to be present in mutual kinship.

For your Integration this week, you are to accompany someone else, preferably someone struggling and/or on the margins of society.

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